Sunday, February 1, 2009

Weekend chicken coop construction update

I was minding my business on Saturday, sewing or cleaning or something, while Jeremy was out working on the coop. He's been cutting wood and doing stuff in the garage, so I was quite amazed to look out the window and see this!

I took pictures as things progressed, but I didn't go outside so the pictures are a bit fuzzy since I took them through two panes of dirty window glass.

(nephew Adam came out to help for a little bit)

(this is today, Sunday.)

(putting up some studs for the hen house walls)

This was the best part of the day: Our neighbor across the alley heard Jeremy pounding away and she came over with her banjo and played us a chicken song she knew! It was great.

Your Homesteader

This is the blog formerly known as “Northwest Meets Midwest,” where I shared about the absurdities and adventures of living in the Midwest (having moved here from the Northwest). But really, this blog has been more and more a story of how we’ve fallen into urban farming and homesteading. So read on and enjoy our adventures in canning, preserving, mushroom-growing, local/organic fanaticism, chicken raising, designing and constructing, sewing, and attempting a little self-sufficiency in our corner of Minneapolis.